Shahab-4

Shahab-4 (IRIS)
FunctionDisputed
ManufacturerIran
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The Shahab-4 (Persian: شهاب ۴, meaning "Meteor-4") (a.k.a. IRIS) was an unbuilt Iranian rocket, derived from the Shahab-3 medium-range ballistic missile. According to Iran it was intended to be a space launch vehicle,[1] after a slip by the Defense Minister in which he acknowledged it as a "more capable ballistic missile than the Shahab-3".[2] According to Western observers, it was intended to be part of a nuclear-capable ballistic missile.[3]

  1. ^ "Iran to Launch 2 More Research Rockets Before Placing Satellite into Orbit This Summer". Space.com. Archived from the original on February 8, 2009.
  2. ^ U.S. Department of Defense (2001). Proliferation: Threat and Response (PDF). DIANE Publishing. p. 38. ISBN 1-4289-8085-7.
  3. ^ "Iran Missile Chronology" (PDF). Nuclear Threat Initiative. August 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2020.